10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ANYTHINGARIAN»
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anythingarian in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
anythingarian and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Religious Monitor, and Evangelical Repository
When a man acknowledges the truth as the instrument of the conversion and
sanctification of men, and at the same time embraces in his fellowship those who
understandingly hate and oppose, the truth, I set him down as an Anythingarian.
When a man, in all companies abounds in religious small talk, but carefully
avoids saying any thing that has much point,- or is very decided any way, I set
him down as an Anythingarian. When a man professes to think well of two
opposite ...
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Let's Bring Back: The Lost Language Edition: A Compendium of ...
SEE ALSO “cuATTERBox” ANYTHINGARIAN “An indifferentist, aJack—of—both
—sides,” as colorfully stated by The Dictionary of Slang and Colloquial English (
1905). The “anythingarian” might actually be a distant cousin to the pragmatist.
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Slang and Its Analogues Past and Present: A Dictionary ...
Ld. Sp.Why,heisan anythingarian. Lady Ans. I believe he has his religion to
chuse. 1850. Kingsley, Alton Locke, xxii. They madepuir Robbie Burns an
anythingarian with their blethers.Ibid.(1851), Life, i. 215. A tone offeeling very
common, and ...
Why he is an anythingarian. Lady Anfw. I believe he has his religion to chufe, my
Lord. f Neverout scratches his neck.— Mifs. Fie, Mr. Neverout, ar'n't you asham'd
I I beg pardon for the expression, but I'm afraid your bofom-friends are become ...
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I give you my word, and Say the word
The bitarious type can also be dismissed as an 'anythingarian', i.e. one who will
believe or accept or afjmnjuiytbing^^ a^vani-ag<» T nnrircH thk in a quotation
from the Works Serious and Comical of Thomas Brown (not Urn Burial Browne,
but ...
Ivor John Carnegie Brown, 1948
The bifarious type can also be dismissed as an 'anythingarian', i.e. one who will
believe or accept or affirm anything, so it be to his advantage. I noticed this in a
quotation from the Works Serious and Comical of Thomas Brown (not Urn Burial
...
Ivor John Carnegie Brown, 1947
... a Buonapartist, an Orleanist, an anythingarian. But, allowing something for
maternal influence and for the universal tendency of imaginative youth to invest
the first proteges of its muse with exaggerated attractions, with these deductions,
and ...
James Anthony Froude, John Tulloch, Thomas Carlyle, 1845
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The Works of the Rev. Jonathan Swift, D.D., Dean of St. ...
Ay, a rich rogue, two shirts and a rag. Col. Well, however, they say he has a great
estate, but only the right owner keeps him out of it. Lady Smart. What religion is
he of? Ld. Sparkisb. Why he is an Anythingarian. Lady Answ. I believe he has his
...
Jonathan Swift, Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, 1801
Col. Well, however, they say he has a great' estate, but only the" right owner
keeps him out of it. -. . Lady Smart. What religion is he of? 'Ld. Sparkisb. Why he
is an Anythingarian. Lady Answ. I believe he has his religion to choose, my lord.
Jonathan Swift, Thomas Sheridan, John Nichols, 1801
2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ANYTHINGARIAN»
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anythingarian is used in the context of the following news items.
16 reasons why putting 'twerk' in the dictionary is no big deal
OED - anythingarian, n.: "One who professes no creed in particular; an indifferentist." 1704 (Thomas Brown) "Such bifarious anythingarians, that ... «The Week Magazine, Aug 13»
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Monocoque, anythingarian and her favorite -- humuhumu nukunuku apua'a -- the Hawiian word for a wedge triggerfish. "That's such a big ... «Anderson Independent Mail, May 09»
